Corn-spoon.



J. J. LIEBF CORN SPOON.

APPLICATION'FILED MAR, 15,1917.

Patented Apr. 23,1918.

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JOHN J'. LIEB, 0F FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA.

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To all whom it maygoncem:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. LIEB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Faribault, in'the county of Rice and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Spoons,

'of which the following is a specification.

One object of myinvention is to provide means for readily cutting corn from the cob on which it grows.

Another object of my invention is to combine a cutting means with a spoon.

-Another object of my inventionis to provide,'with the bowl of a spoon, a cutting edge for the removal of grains of corn from thecob-where it has grown.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device, and 2 is a section taken on the line 22, Fig. 1.

It is a matter of embarrassment, and dis".

tasteful to some peopleto eat roasted or boiled corn directly from the cob, as is the ordinary custom, while the method of cute grains from the cob onto a plate and then eating them with a fork or spoon is tedious and more or less mussy.

It is to do away with the disadvantages now inherent in the eating of corn from the cob that I have devised a combined spoon and cutting edge embodied in this invention.

I prefer to form a spoon Specification of Letters Patent.

bowl 1, Fig. 1,

ting edge 3 longitudinally along an ear of corn would cut therefrom, one or more rows of the rains which would be forced into the spoon bowl 1 by the motion When the spoon bowl is filled extent, it would be transferred to the mouth to remove the grains and the spoon refilled in the same-manner, and by rotating the cob all of the grains can be cleanly removed therefrom and transferred to the mouth without embarrassment to the user.

While I have described my invention and particular design, I do illustrated it in one not. wish it understood that I limit myself to this construction, as it is evident that the invention may be varied in many Ways with-- in the scope of the following claim.

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' As an article of manufacture,- a corn spoon comprising in combination, a substantially oval shaped bowl having one end thereof formed into a cutting tool, having two edges, one formed substantially concentriewith the general contour of said bowl, and the other formed at substantially right angles to said first cutting edge.

JOHN J. LIEB.

Patented Apt". 23, lens. I Application filed -lliarch. 15, 1917. Serial No. 155,109. 7

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